OHL Draft: Plymouth Whalers, 7th Round, 125th Overall, 1998.
NHL Draft: Philadelphia Flyers, 1st Round, 28th Overall, 2000.

Career Notes... Won 2006 Stanley Cup ... Won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2004 World Championships in the Czech Republic (4/24-5/9) ... Acquired from the Philadelphia Flyers for Danny Markov  (1/20/04) ... Scored his first career playoff goal, which was the game-winner, and added 2 assists in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. Toronto (4/22/07) ... Missed 36 games due to a partial ACL tear suffered vs. Tampa Bay (1/18/03) ... Played for Team Canada at the 2002 World Championships in Sweden (4/26-5/11) … Won the 2001-02 Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy as the Flyer who had most improved from the previous season as voted by his teammates ... Played in the Topps/NHL YoungStars Game as part of NHL All-Star Weekend (2/1/02) ... Missed 12 games due to a fractured left hand, sustained at Carolina (2/19/01) ... Started his NHL career on 3-game assist and point streak (10/5-11) with 1g-4a-5p line: Scored his first NHL goal and added 2 assists in his NHL debut vs. Vancouver (10/5), just one day after his 19th birthday.

1999-00... With Plymouth... Appeared in 23 post-season games with Plymouth (OHL), recording 14g-16a-30p line with 10 penalty minutes and appeared in 68 regular-season games, recording a 37g-46a-83p line with 46 penalty minutes ... Led the OHL in playoff goals (14) and playoff points (30) as Plymouth advanced to the OHL Finals ... During ther regular season, led the Whalers in goals (37), points (83) and plus/minus (+47, tied for first in the OHL) ... Named Plymouth's Most Gentlemanly Player for the 1999-00 season ... Voted the Most Improved Player in the OHL's Western Conference in the 2000 OHL Coaches Poll ... Had 4-game point streak (5/7-12), including 3-game assist streak (5/8-12): Tallied goals in back-to-back games (5/7-8), including a power-play goal and an assist vs. Barrie (5/8) ... Had 3-game point streak (4/26-29). Tallied goals in back-to-back games with a goal and an assist at the Soo (4/26) and the game-winning goal shorthanded vs. the Soo (4/28) ... Had 4-game point streak (4/12-22), including 3-game assist streak (4/12-15): Notched 2 assists at Windsor (4/14). Scored the game-winning goal and added an assist vs. Windsor (4/15) ... Had 5-game point streak with 8g-6a-14p line (3/29-4/8), including 4-game goal streak (3/29-4/4) and 3-game assist streak (4/1-8): Notched 6 points with 3 goals and 3 assists and a +4 plus/minus rating vs. Guelph (3/29). Scored a shorthanded goal at Guelph (3/31). Recorded a hat trick and an assist and a +3 plus/minus rating vs. Guelph (4/1). Tallied a goal and an assist and a +4 plus/minus rating at Guelph (4/4) ... Scored goals in back-to-back games with a shorthanded goal vs. Windsor (3/18) and a power-play goal and an assist at Sarnia (3/19) ... Had 3-game point streak with 3g-5a-8p line (3/7-12). Notched 3 assists vs. Kingston (3/7). Had goals in back-to-back games (3/11-12), including 2 goals and 2 assists and a +3 plus/minus rating vs. London (3/11) ... Had 5-game point streak with 3g-5a-8p line (2/19-3/1), including 3-game goal streak (2/19-26): Had back-to-back goal and assist games (2/19-24), including a +3 plus/minus rating vs. London (2/19). Tallied assists in back-to-back games (2/27-3/1), including 2 assists at Erie (3/1) ... Had 4-game assist and mulit-point streak with 4g-9a-13p line (2/11-17), including 3-game goal streak (2/12-17): Notched 3 assists at Kitchener (2/11). Tallied 6 points with 2 goals and 4 assists and a +6 plus/minus rating vs. Mississauga (2/12). Hallied back-to-back goal and an assist games vs. Erie (2/13) and at Guelph (2/17) ... Tallied back-to-back multi-point games with a goal and an assist at the Soo (2/4) and 3 goals and 2 assists and a +4 plus/minus rating vs. Guelph (2/5) ... Played in the 2000 NHL/CHL Top Prospects Game (2/2) ... Had 4-game point streak (1/15-28), including a goal and an assist vs. Brampton (1/15) ... Had back-to-back multi-point games with a shorthanded goal and an assists vs. Belleville (1/8) and 2 assists at Windsor (1/13) ... Had 5-game point streak (12/17-1/5), including 3-game goal streak (12/28-1/5): Tallied assists in back-to-back games (12/17), including a +3 plus/minus rating at Erie (12/18). Scored 2 goals, including the game-winner, and added an assist and +3 plus/minus rating vs. Kitchener (12/30). Scored the game-winning goal vs. Guelph (1/5) ... Had 3-game assist streak (11/28-12/5), including 2 assists at Windsor (11/28) and at Owen Sound (12/5) ... Had goals in back-to-back games (11/24-25), including a goal and an assist at Owen Sound (11/24) ... Had 4-game point streak (11/12-19), including 3-game goal streak (11/12-18) ... Had goals in back-to-back games (11/5-6), including a goal and an assist at Belleville (11/6) ... Had 3-game point streak (10/24-30), including 2 goals, one was the game-winner, vs. Sarnia (10/29). Notched 2 assists vs. the Soo (10/30) ... Had back-to-back multi-point games with a goal and 2 assists at Windsor (10/10) and a goal and an assist vs. Windsor (10/15).

1998-99... With Plymouth... Appeared in 7 post-season games with Plymouth (OHL), recording 1g-2a-3p line with no penalty minutes and appeared in 47 regular-season games, recording a 4g-8a-12p line with 28 penalty minutes ... Scored first career playoff goal vs. Windsor (3/26) ... Had points in back-to-back games with a goal in the regular season finale at Brampton (3/19) and his first career playoff assist vs. Windsor (3/21) ... Had 3-game assist streak (2/13-20) ... Tallied a goal and an assist at Brampton (12/27) ... Had goals in back-to-back games (10/9-10), including his first OHL goal and assist vs. Mississauga (10/9) ... Made OHL debut at North Bay (9/24).

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